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Shipowner
shipowner (hereinafter also referred to as the owner of the vessel) - a legal or natural person operating the vessel in its own name, regardless of whether it is the owner of the vessel or uses it on another lawful basis;
Source: "Code of Inland Water Transport of the Russian Federation" dated 07.03.2001 № 24-ФЗ (version as of 28.07.2012)
Under this Code, shipowner is understood to be a person operating the vessel in its own name, regardless of whether it is the owner of the vessel or uses it on another lawful basis
Source: "Maritime Commerce Code of the Russian Federation" dated 30.04.1999 № 81-ФЗ (version as of 23.04.2012)